Dumb questions about stamps on letters/packets

[arnold cheshire]

I make a concerted effort with the new hand stampers recently issued to us

Do you really stand on peoples doorsteps and get out your stamper? i strike a mark with a pen

[Tman]

very significant when someone very close to me could be very upset by your so called off the cuff remark.also think it is a very crude remark to make then again we all treat comments differently wheter right or wrong.

So even though you acknowledge that " we all treat comments differently" you still felt the need to be upset on someone else's behalf even though it appears that they haven't even read it and there's no malicious content anyway?
The 21st century phenomenon of people desperate to be offended....

[NewPostieUK]

I has never occurred to me to even look at the stamp, or even register if there is one. When I'm at the doorstep, my sole focus is on reading the address and weeding out damned missorts. There could be a rude drawing of the queen and I wouldn't notice.

[pauljacks]

So even though you acknowledge that " we all treat comments differently" you still felt the need to be upset on someone else's behalf even though it appears that they haven't even read it and there's no malicious content anyway?
The 21st century phenomenon of people desperate to be offended....

So if someone on here suggests that your wife/girlfriend /boyfriend was worse than a tw*t, you wouldn't be offended?

You didnt answer my question. What did you mean?

[Gold Fox]

Don not cancel postage stamps at delivery office ..... its mail centre task to do so ... if done by delivery staff then you are doing MC staff out of job.

[bustedflush]

very significant when someone very close to me could be very upset by your so called off the cuff remark.also think it is a very crude remark to make then again we all treat comments differently wheter right or wrong.

So even though you acknowledge that " we all treat comments differently" you still felt the need to be upset on someone else's behalf even though it appears that they haven't even read it and there's no malicious content anyway?
The 21st century phenomenon of people desperate to be offended....

Unfortunately I agree. There is a new breed of person evolving from our wimping, spineless PC society and that is the 'professional umbrage-taker'.

Ready to profess offence taken, even when it's obvious to 99% of readers there is merely humour intended or tongue-in-cheek. This new breed has taken over social media and the press with the advent of the internet age the way cockroaches will readily take over a kitchen where scraps are left on the floor.

Their encouragement lies in stories of jailings, prosecutions and careers/lives ruined by one misplaced or hacked comment. The possibility of these serious consequences for others acts a fuel to them, a sense of empowerment in their otherwise anonymous lives.

[SpacePhoenix]

Don not cancel postage stamps at delivery office ..... its mail centre task to do so ... if done by delivery staff then you are doing MC staff out of job.

Many MCs don't have the staff to do it, where so many hours have been cut, they probably only just clear as it is

[DB1100]

very significant when someone very close to me could be very upset by your so called off the cuff remark.also think it is a very crude remark to make then again we all treat comments differently wheter right or wrong.

So even though you acknowledge that " we all treat comments differently" you still felt the need to be upset on someone else's behalf even though it appears that they haven't even read it and there's no malicious content anyway?
The 21st century phenomenon of people desperate to be offended....

Unfortunately I agree. There is a new breed of person evolving from our wimping, spineless PC society and that is the 'professional umbrage-taker'.

Ready to profess offence taken, even when it's obvious to 99% of readers there is merely humour intended or tongue-in-cheek. This new breed has taken over social media and the press with the advent of the internet age the way cockroaches will readily take over a kitchen where scraps are left on the floor.

Their encouragement lies in stories of jailings, prosecutions and careers/lives ruined by one misplaced or hacked comment. The possibility of these serious consequences for others acts a fuel to them, a sense of empowerment in their otherwise anonymous lives.

I agree,let's have a minutes silence in case anyone who knows someone who might be offended and can we lay flowers somewhere please.

[5plusbonusball]

All down to lazy management.

[pauljacks]

Unfortunately I agree. There is a new breed of person evolving from our wimping, spineless PC society and that is the 'professional umbrage-taker'.

Yeah, but that's not the same as being upset at stupid, ignorant comments if you have a relative or a friend who has special needs or some close to you who does, is it?

Ready to profess offence taken, even when it's obvious to 99% of readers there is merely humour intended or tongue-in-cheek.

Then I guess they don't have family/friends who have special needs or maybe they do and they just don't care if Tman says they're worse than tw*ts.
Whats funny about that? Why did you find it so funny?
Jokes are funny if they not about you , and there's a difference between laughing with someone and laughing at them.

a sense of empowerment in their otherwise anonymous lives.

and that's why people mock others who they perceive to be weaker, less able and less intelligent than themselves.

[Tman]

Jeez, a whole point/thread built on (what you want to believe is) a slight.
Mr Flush etc are clearly correct with their previous points, so shall we hold hands and all think of a smiley face now?
{Oh no, in not taking your ersatz hurt seriously I've probably transgressed your human rights to feel aggrieved about something/anything.
Oh well.... }

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Well as a son of someone who, after a recent stroke, now needs "Care in the Community" I am not offended, but I am certainly saddened that its apparently acceptable to use such a description as a put down, whether or not it was meant as light hearted. But it wasn't meant as a personal put down so I can brush it off.

Perhaps Black people shouldn't be offended by racist jokes, perhaps women shouldn't be offended by sexists jokes. Now don't get me wrong, there is a time and place for crude jokes, even I am guilty of telling them. But would you find it acceptable to say it in mixed company in the real world, that's the filter I use when posting on a public forum. Perhaps not everyone does.

[bustedflush]

Well as a son of someone who, after a recent stroke, now needs "Care in the Community" I am not offended, but I am certainly saddened that its apparently acceptable to use such a description as a put down, whether or not it was meant as light hearted. But it wasn't meant as a personal put down so I can brush it off.

Perhaps Black people shouldn't be offended by racist jokes, perhaps women shouldn't be offended by sexists jokes. Now don't get me wrong, there is a time and place for crude jokes, even I am guilty of telling them. But would you find it acceptable to say it in mixed company in the real world, that's the filter I use when posting on a public forum. Perhaps not everyone does.

When I was little there was no 'care in the community' label, the term then was 'certifying'. On occasion when I had had a dumb idea or said something stupid my ma often said 'you must need certifying' blah blah. It was quite a common expression, always meant as quip. I never recall anybody being that offended.

I think the point Tman makes is that this new breed of 'umbrage-taker' quite frequently has an underlying unpleasantness to their personality, often of a far greater magnitude than the alleged offending words/statement had.

[pauljacks]

Well as a son of someone who, after a recent stroke, now needs "Care in the Community" I am not offended, but I am certainly saddened that its apparently acceptable to use such a description as a put down, whether or not it was meant as light hearted. But it wasn't meant as a personal put down so I can brush it off.

I'm sorry to hear your dad had a stroke.
Tman said " or worse, some sort of Care in the Community special needs type of person... " so I don't think he meant people like your dad. Care in the community was originally introduced to help people with mental illness such as schizophrenia to be able to live in their own homes rather than a mental institution. Special needs/learning difficulties covers a wide spectrum of mental/physical disabilities that includes Down's Syndrome and Autism. It's an assumption that all Downs people have low intelligence and that all autistics are like Rainman. My friend's son has "learning difficulties". He went to a special school and then to college and gained two A levels . I bet he has more qualifications than some people on this forum and that includes me.

[aiden01]

Well as a son of someone who, after a recent stroke, now needs "Care in the Community" I am not offended, but I am certainly saddened that its apparently acceptable to use such a description as a put down, whether or not it was meant as light hearted. But it wasn't meant as a personal put down so I can brush it off.

I'm sorry to hear your dad had a stroke.
Tman said " or worse, some sort of Care in the Community special needs type of person... " so I don't think he meant people like your dad. Care in the community was originally introduced to help people with mental illness such as schizophrenia to be able to live in their own homes rather than a mental institution. Special needs/learning difficulties covers a wide spectrum of mental/physical disabilities that includes Down's Syndrome and Autism. It's an assumption that all Downs people have low intelligence and that all autistics are like Rainman. My friend's son has "learning difficulties". He went to a special school and then to college and gained two A levels . I bet he has more qualifications than some people on this forum and that includes me.